The Premier Site for Russian Culture
Biographies Russian Artists 20th Century Modern Émigré École de Paris Raphael Kherumian
Raphael Kherumian
Armenian artist. Born in Baku in the family of Léon Kherumian (1903). Studied drawing and icon-painting under Pavel Korin in Moscow (1920s). Emigrated to Paris (1931). Advised by Georgy Yakulov. Founding member of the Society of Friends of Yakulov (1967). Interested in parapsychology. Member of the Institut Metapsychique International de Paris. Contributed to André Breton’s The Art of Magic (1957). Held one-man shows at the Galerie Barbizon (1959, 1961). Died in Paris (1983).
Random articles
Wooden bascule bridge in the alignment of Nevsky Prospekt (1715). Named after the adjoining Anichko...
Cuban artist. Born in Havana (1969). Graduated from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro in...
Painter, graphic artist, designer. Born in the family of Alexander Borchmann in Moscow (23 July 190...
On 20 March 1901, Tsar Nicholas II made the following entry in his diary: “At 12 we received the Du...
Danish jeweller, silversmith. Born in Denmark (c. 1770). Master of a guild in St Petersburg (from 1...